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Topic: Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen turns out to be a real game (real bad, geddit?) (Read 329800 times)
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UnSub
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict this is, indeed, the end. No bucks, no Buck Rogers. He should start losing people immediately.
Brad McQuaid is the Jason Voorhees of MMO development. His first title was memorable, every other title attempt from him / his studio has been disappointing, but he just keeps popping up again. The next attempt will be set in space.
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Stormwaltz
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Nothing in this post represents the views of my current or previous employers.
"Isn't that just like an elf? Brings a spell to a gun fight."
"Sci-Fi writers don't invent the future, they market it." - Henry Cobb
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Hawkbit
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Like a Klansman in the ghetto.
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I read the title as Brad McQuaid, but I clicked the link expecting to hear news about 38 Studios. Brains are weird; apparently I associate the two projects together in my mind.
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IainC
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In the past few months we have seen some of the most passion bubble up from the Internet than we have in some time; What the fuck does that even mean?
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Yegolev
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It means the recent influx of cash has already been spent on "pain management".
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question. They called it The Prayer, its answer was law Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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tazelbain
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It means some people will spend a lifetime trying recreate the good fortune they once had.
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"Me am play gods"
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IainC
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No I get the sentiment that it's trying to express, I'm just pointing out that it looks as though it was written by throwing words into a box and using all the ones that missed.
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Merusk
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I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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KallDrexx
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Cocaine's one hell of a drug
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Brolan
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Meth: not even once
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In the past few months we have seen some of the most passion bubble up from the Internet than we have in some time; What the fuck does that even mean? It means that people will pay $15 a month just to post on a forum for a game that doesn't exist.
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palmer_eldritch
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What's dissapointed me most about all this is that they haven't even come out with a stream of amazing fantasy-game-design promises. Their imaginary game is just the traditional MMO we've seen 100 times before.
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Bzalthek
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No no no! You don't quite get it. Remember all those things about the first MMO you played that you liked? That's what he was going to bring back. He wanted to recapture the magic that created a truly dynamic world, not just some formulaic game. He was trying to bring back what it means to achieve. To emulate a feeling of success, so what you do has impact and leaves a lasting impression. What he was specifically NOT trying to do was fall into the same pitfalls all the copycats that came afterwards did. All those tired troped and reused materials, the stale and unfeeling aspects which we all hated, Brad was going to do away with. He wanted to avoid making a casual world that just handed you things on a silver platter while not bogging you down with tedious mechanics.
And I'm sure he will give us details ... soon.
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"Pity hurricanes aren't actually caused by gays; I would take a shot in the mouth right now if it meant wiping out these chucklefucks." ~WayAbvPar
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shiznitz
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They cannot even fund the website? "In the interim, any donations made at this point until further notice will be going directly to maintaining the website during this phase, and not towards development."
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I have never played WoW.
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WayAbvPar
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The website is a euphemism for Brad's meth connection. He takes a lot of funding and doesn't extend credit.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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Paelos
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Ok, now it's just getting sad.
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Goreschach
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Ok, now it's just getting sad.
Not really.
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Count Nerfedalot
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Not really now, not really just or not really sad?
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Yes, I know I'm paranoid, but am I paranoid enough?
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Goreschach
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Not really now, not really just or not really sad? D
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tazelbain
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Ya, if you don't know the history, it'd be pretty sad. But this guy has earned his failures fair and square. This is isn't misfortune but a guy who's ego writes checks his talent can't cash by a wide margin.
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"Me am play gods"
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Paelos
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He just needs to admit it's over. Anything more he does at this point isn't going to be that fun to mock. The money is gone, nobody in their right mind will ever invest this garbage, he's failed even on KS to reach a modest goal, he's going to screw over staff if he pretends otherwise, and obviously the sheep get fleeced.
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satael
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For once I'm glad someone is failing in MMOs since some of the ways they have been trying to fund their "company" have been pretty awful and hopefully their failure that now seems more or less certain will make sure noone else tries the same.
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Hoax
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I kind of wish we could offer him $60 to be interviewed by Schild live or something. I feel like there is a little more fun to be squeezed from this.
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A nation consists of its laws. A nation does not consist of its situation at a given time. If an individual's morals are situational, then that individual is without morals. If a nation's laws are situational, that nation has no laws, and soon isn't a nation. -William Gibson
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Draegan
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Apparently he did some interview with KTAM that was pretty hilarious. I don't know who KTAM is, but folks on Rerolled were saying they were mocking him pretty good.
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Cadaverine
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats.
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shiznitz
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the plural of mangina
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I have never played WoW.
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taolurker
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He just needs to admit it's over. Anything more he does at this point isn't going to be that fun to mock. The money is gone, nobody in their right mind will ever invest this garbage, he's failed even on KS to reach a modest goal, he's going to screw over staff if he pretends otherwise, and obviously the sheep get fleeced.
He still hasn't tried to get on the next season of Shark Tank?
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HaemishM
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The Shark Tank guys would laugh his ass off the set. Of course, they'd probably do that with any MMOG dev simply because of the upfront costs of MMOG development.
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raydeen
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I was drinking when I wrote this, so sue me if it goes astray.
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Soulflame
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I'm shocked, shocked to find out the whole thing was a scam to put money in his pocket.
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WayAbvPar
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Good for him. Every dipshit who gave him money deserved to lose every cent of it.
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When speaking of the MMOG industry, the glass may be half full, but it's full of urine. HaemishM
Always wear clean underwear because you never know when a Tory Government is going to fuck you.- Ironwood
Libertarians make fun of everyone because they can't see beyond the event horizons of their own assholes Surlyboi
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sam, an eggplant
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Hopefully he spent it on legitimate debts and not narcotics.
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Chimpy
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What if they are debts for narcotics that are owed to South Americans with lots of guns and machetes?
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'Reality' is the only word in the language that should always be used in quotes.
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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Isn't taking money from a company illegal (unless it's sole proprietorship)?
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Ginaz
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Hopefully he spent it on legitimate debts and not narcotics.
Nah, I hope he DID spend it all on narcotics.
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